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Trader NoteSOXX

SOXX Bears Get Their Day as Chips Drop 10%

The bears who spent weeks building into SOXX finally saw the trade work: the iShares Semiconductor ETF fell 10.4% on Thursday, its sharpest single-day drop in recent memory, leaving the fund at $539.77 and down 5.2% on…

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Trader NoteFLEX

Street Chases Flex After Its Best Month in Years

FLEX heads into the week after a remarkable 57% monthly rally, a 5% pullback on Friday, and a cluster of insider sales from the CEO — a setup that puts conviction on both sides to the test. The analyst story is the…

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Trader NoteLEN

Lennar heads into earnings with shorts at a one-month high

Lennar enters its Q2 earnings print on June 11 carrying the heaviest short positioning seen in over a month and an options market tilting more defensive — a combination that sets up a charged read into results. Short…

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Trader NoteKEY

Scotia's Steady Exit Frames the Week for KeyCorp

KeyCorp heads into the summer with one ownership story dominating the tape: Bank of Nova Scotia is selling, slowly but consistently, and the Street is mostly watching rather than reacting. The clearest thread running…

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Trader NoteCCO

Cameco Drops 9% in a Day — Sector Sells Off, Not the Stock

Cameco Corporation entered June already under pressure — and Thursday's 9% single-session drop crystallised what has become a sector-wide rout, not a company-specific stumble. The stock closed at CAD 144.09 on June 5,…

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Trader NoteCAPR

CAPR Bears Rebuild as Short Score Hits New High

Capricor Therapeutics heads into the week with bears back on the offensive — short interest climbing, borrow availability tightening sharply, and the ORTEX short score reaching its highest reading in the observable…

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Trader NoteSMR

Stanmore Surges 29% While Parent Gets Credit Cut

SMR enters June in a striking position: the stock has rallied hard even as its controlling shareholder draws a fresh credit warning. The price momentum has been one of the sharper moves in the Australian metals space…

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Trader NoteASTS

ASTS drops 17% in a week with earnings eight days out

AST SpaceMobile heads into its June 12 earnings call at $107.73 — down 17% on the week and back to levels last seen just before the SpaceX-halo rally peaked near $133. The short side has continued its retreat, but only…

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Trader NotePOET

POET shorts rebuild as the unwind reverses course

POET Technologies opened June with a sharp reversal of the short-covering trend that dominated the prior two weeks — bears are back, and they moved fast. Short interest has rebuilt aggressively. It climbed 39% over the…

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Trader NoteOKLO

OKLO surges past founders' sell prices after earnings beat

OKLO has broken through the ceiling that defined this story for the past month — the stock closed Tuesday at $73.47, clearing the $69–$71 range where its own founders were selling in bulk just five weeks ago, and doing…

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Trader NoteBTSG

BTSG Shorts Retreat as Morgan Stanley Lifts Target to $71

BrightSpring Health Services heads into June with short sellers in full retreat — a 20% drop in short positions over the past week is the most dramatic shift in months, arriving just as Morgan Stanley raised its price…

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